Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-02-03
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The Negro Brute Who Assaulted q School
GIrl Near LeaveRworth Summarily Dis.
posed CT by a Mob.
LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, Jan. CLOUD
knocking at the side door of the county fail
IN South LeavenEorth, opposite the cour,
mouse, yesterday morning, awoae Jailol
RITZ Mauricc from his sleep in the corridor
In answer to an inquiry as to what was
wanted a voice from the outside replied
open the door. Here's a prisoner for
you," or something of similar nature.
The Jailer, suspecting nothing, as the OIL
GERS OF the city were in the habit of bring.
ing criminals to the Jail at late hour,
started to dress for the purpose of admit
ting the supposed officers. He was lust
about to put on his shoes when a blow
which made the door and frame rattle and
shake was dealt from the outside. This
was followed with others as fast as they
could be delivered and the twelfth one
caused the heavy door paneling ani the
sash OF the door to give way with a crash
and dozen or more mop, masked in all
sorts OF ways, rushed IT,,
In the meantime Sheriff Churchill.
awakened by TIE noise, went down stairs
IN MS hlent clothes. Just as he reached
me moor the door was broken open. Seeing
that tpt party was evidently bent On mis-
chie', he cried to Fritz Maurice. "Tele-
Pr one the police and call for aid at once"
The Jaller sprang toward the telephone 1t
the word, but before ne could ring up the
central office, two burly men seized him
and with terrible force hurled him across
the Jail corridor AT the same moment q
third man armed with sie,,gchammer
dealt the instrument swinging blow COM
pletely running it.
Pistols were leveled at Fritz Maurice nv
the men who had already entered. while
several Of those On the outside rode on their
horses into the Jail corridor All were
inasKed, some with handkcrchiefs in which
holes had been cut, others with black cloth
ana stlil others with regular masks. Each
YVES armed with revolver and several car
rled huge sledgehammcrs
keVolVers were fired dozen times into
the ceiling and floor of the corridor. The
]alier, IN the hands Of two powerful men,
was pushed rapidly toward the cell door,
when one OF the mob, who seemed to be the
ieader-a me"ium sized, well built man,
dressed ID dark clothes, and apparently
iarmer-said: See here young man, we
want that niger, and the sooner you bring
m'n out the better for we will break the
whole Jail to pieces before we 90 away
from here without him.
fitz Maurice at first declined to give up
the keys, but fnding that the mob meant
what they SriG, as the clutch Of the man
holding him frightened preceptibly AS he de-
llocrtt ed with himself. he opened the iron.
barred door of the cell house.
Where is th8t niger! We want him
and nobody else, " was the next query, and
at the muzzie of a dozen pistols the jailer
was forced to open cell Ii on the north side
ci inc Jaw proper on the lower floor.
Wood was called out and as soon as he
appeared at the entrance of the cell he was
seized by the lynchers, A terrible struggle
ensucd, and the doomed man and three OF
the mob rolled on the floor together A
dozen hands instantly seized him, and lifting
him up from the floor set him on his feet
Several men cooked their reviewers as il
they proposed to make short work of the
wretch, but the leader, in tone which
meant just what it said, cried: .'No shoot
ing in here. Take him out"
The wretched culprit was then hustled
out by the mob and evidently dragged to
death, as the body was found by tho road
side giving every evidence Of such fate.
Wood was the young negro that so ont.
raScously assaulted TIE daughter of + NJ.
Starnes while retlrnitg from school a few
days previOur.